WOW: What A Mess!

WOW = WIPs On Wednesdays 

There's actually quite a few things I'd like to do today, but I can't find any of it - there's fabric, patterns, freezer paper, fusible and general mess in the way. So that's my task - tidy up and put everything away.. just so I can create a whole new storm of creative mess for a different project. Sigh. I need a bigger sewing room!

What's Your WOW?

An InLinkz Link-up

Tiptoe Through The Tulips..

Tulips have featured in my designs from the very beginning. In fact this quilt, 'In The Pink' was one of my first patterns and I still love it as much today and when I first made it over 9 years ago. Yes, I said NINE years ago. Wow, time travels fast when you're a designer. But you know what? When I look at this beauty, I realize that I have learnt a lot and I've made many more patterns since, but I would still design this stunning quilt today - I love it that much.

This is one of the rare quilts I actually use on my bed. I shake it out of the cupboard every March and I love how the pink brightens up my room. It reminds me of spring gardens, and of tulips on the dining table and of family and of course, of Easter. This is the quilt that's always on my bed come Easter and I'm always reminded that Red Tulips represent passionate love. I made this one in pink tulips because my DD is a pink girl and she loves this quilt as much as I do and she has had her eye on it for years! We all know it's really 'hers' I'm just borrowing it until the next bed quilt comes along.

Unfortunately for her, she has to wait because most of my quilts end up as wall quilts - they're so beautiful I want to look upon them as art pieces, which they rightfully are, even if I do say so myself!  I did start 'Tickled Pink' for her, which is a stunning one block wonder that's still in the WIP pile. And now that I think of it, every quilt with the work pink in it is.. somehow all down to her!

I love the language of flowers and as each tulip colour has it's own meaning, you can change the mood by changing the colours.

I still have plans to make this quilt again using monochromatic blues with Indigo tulips, a kind of 'black tulip' theme, I think it would be so cool and sophisticated.

Because it would take several lifetimes for me to make all my quilts in all the colorways I dream of, I always secretly hope that someone out there will make it in that pallette so I can ooohhh and ahhhhh over their beauty without having to create it myself. Well, I can dream, can't I??

   In The Pink   

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Finished Size 87 x 87 inches

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HOYH: Part 3 is launched

'Hold Onto Your Heart' : Block of the Month, Part 3

This month it's time to create the frames for the Heartfelt Centre and Pansy blocks. 

I'm so happy with the direction my 'gentle' is taking, the fabrics are so dreamy and the floral of the contrast fabric feels perfect. My scalloped pansy frame looks beautiful against my pansy background grunge polka dot. This quilt is really taking shape and I'm looking forward to each new installment.

HOYH Makers, the Part 3 pattern files are already waiting for you over in the Members Only Download Area. Click here to LOGIN.

'Hold Onto Your Heart' is a paid BOM 

It's a breathtaking quilt full of meaningful symbols and beauty. The floral border is a triumph which offers an additional pieced option - making it versatile for all skill levels. Perfect for lovers and enthusiasts of applique.

You can start this BOM today!
Be sure to visit my Online Quilt Group on Facebook where progress images are being shown all the time. It's a massive inspiration and I warn you, it's addictive!

WOW: My Heart Shaped Stash

WOW = WIPs On Wednesdays

2019 is really turning out to be a busy year for me, design wise - my feet haven't touched the floor!

My Hold Onto Your Heart progress is making a nice dent in my stash mountain and I love seeing things take shape like this. 

Today I'm working on Hold Onto Your Heart; this quilt grows on you. I find myself really digging in and taking my time over every little thing. I had been planning on making Wrapt In Love, my newest design, but have my hands are full with my two HOYH beauties. I think today I'll do some more prep work. Applique is always about the prep. Time to get stuck in!

What's Your WOW?

An InLinkz Link-up

Still Fussing Over Pansies

I feel like I have been making pansies for about 100 years. With two HOYH quilts on the go, it just never ends. And look what I found at the bottom of my KFC stash! Yup, a gorgeous pansy print. If I had known I owned this (and I most certainly didn't know), I would have fussy cut the gorgeous heads instead of making them.

aren't they so pretty??

Which isn't to say that I don't love my created pansy motifs - because I do,

there's a skill and satisfaction in finding just the right fabrics making these characters come to life.

It's just that I have SO MANY things I'd like to make that anything to save me time is very welcome

Oh well, I suppose I can't complain about making my own pansy pattern, right?!

As Part 3 of HOYH approaches, I'm thinking non stop about my bright version of the quilt.

You know my gentle one? The one on the left hand side here in the pic, well that one is behaving beautifully. Sure, I still have to pick fabrics, but they behave themselves so well. Whereas I thought my 'bright' HOYH quilt would be the easy one, it's turning out to be a ridiculous circus of fabric switching. I have changed the background 7 times and I'm exhausted. You see that purple polka dot print? I'm back to that one. It's come full circle and was momentarily replaced by hot pink, pink stripes, olive stripes, the orange polka dots in the pansy images above, the yellow and grey polka dots in the image above and the KFD Aboriginal Dots. Phew, I'm exhausted. 

The only thing I can agree on is that 2019 is the year of polka dots. They just keep on happening. 

 'Hold Onto Your Heart' is a paid BOM 

It's a breathtaking quilt full of meaningful symbols and beauty. The floral border is a triumph which offers an additional  pieced option - making it versatile for all skill levels. Perfect for lovers and enthusiasts of applique. 

You can start this BOM today! 

Be sure to visit my Online Quilt Group on Facebook where progress images are being shown all the time. It's a massive inspiration and I warn you, it's addictive!